PC @GastonCountyGov GASTONIA, NC — Gaston County will kick off its 175th anniversary celebration Dec. 21 with a poetry contest reading. County officials are encouraging the community to enter their original poems in the contest for a chance to be recognized at the ceremony held at 4 p.m. at the Rotary Pavilion in Gastonia. Officials […]
The Poetry Society of Tennessee invites student poets to participate in their annual Student Poetry Contest, open to all Tennessee students entering second through twelfth grade going forward. The competition has two categories: written poetry and eye poems. Winning poems will be sent to national competitions and may be published. The competition categories for forms […]
Posted on August 26, 2021 | 4:37 p.m. The Santa Barbara Public Library invites poets of all ages to enter the 2021 Santa Barbara Reads Poetry Contest. The winning poems will be exhibited at the Santa Barbara Reads launch event in November as part of the Poetry Walk experience. from the library. Santa Barbara Reads […]
Seven young poets from the Edgecomb Center for Teaching and Learning entered the 2021 Sarah Mook Poetry Competition. The competition received more than 1,000 entries from twenty states and ten countries, and seven of the seventeen winners were from CTL! In the K-2 category, Boothbay’s Avery Peck placed third for her poem “Springtime.” In the […]
The winners of the Earth Day photo and poetry contests have been announced. Charlene Fiehn is the winner of this year’s photo contest. However, organizer Ross Davies noted, “Our top three this year is a real family affair.” Fiehn’s two children, Joe, 10, and Rachael, 13, came second and third. The winning family received a […]
Pictured in the John Grisham Room of MSU’s Mitchell Memorial Library is (left to right) Corinne Kennedy, Assistant Professor of MSU Libraries and Library Coordinator for the College of Architecture, Art and Design ; Undergraduate Poetry Contest Winners Katherine E. “Katie” Norris, Junior Criminology Major from Franklin, Tennessee, “To Grow Old into Your Old Coat,” […]
The city owes a lot to the many volunteers – community members – who help weed and clean Olean’s many green spaces. The Town of Olean Beautification Committee will be back on Sunday – weeding and cleaning up the gardens in front of the Olean Municipal Building on East State Street. Mayor Bill Aiello says […]
The City of Cambridge today announced five winning poems which will be imprinted in the cool concrete of new pavements around the city from autumn 2020. The poems have been shortlisted through the sixth annual poetry competition on city sidewalks. This year’s winning poems focus on love of a bookstore, aging and youth, the hidden […]
Susan R. Williamson, director of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, and Blaise Allen, Ph.D., director of community outreach for the Festival, today announced the winners of the annual Palm Beach County High School Poetry Contest. . The 16th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival takes place January 20-25 at Old School Square in Delray Beach. In […]
This year is the 20th anniversary of our poetry contest and is dedicated to our beloved former editor Noel Smith. ••• Whether it’s love that has stood the test of time, the rush of young love, or the memory of love lost, that’s what we celebrate every February 14, Valentine’s Day. What could be more […]
Staff report | York Expedition York County Libraries Poetry Celebration Contest York County Libraries is seeking entries for their 31st annual A Celebration of Poetry competition. The contest is open to York County and Adams County students in grades one through 12. Interested young people can submit an original poem to the contest until Friday, […]